CVE-2020-23804

poppler: Uncontrolled Recursion in pdfinfo, and pdftops in poppler 0.89.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service...

CVE-2020-23804 is fixed in 8 products on 1 platform, first by gir1.2-poppler-0.18 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2, released August 22, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.5
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0115
67th percentile

Uncontrolled Recursion in pdfinfo, and pdftops in poppler 0.89.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted input.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
gir1.2-poppler-0.18 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2 gir1.2-poppler-0.18 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2 Aug 22, 2023
gir1.2-poppler-0.18 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4 gir1.2-poppler-0.18 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4 Aug 22, 2023
libpoppler-cpp0v5 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2 libpoppler-cpp0v5 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2 Aug 22, 2023
libpoppler-cpp0v5 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4 libpoppler-cpp0v5 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4 Aug 22, 2023
libpoppler-glib8 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2 libpoppler-glib8 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2 Aug 22, 2023
libpoppler-glib8 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4 libpoppler-glib8 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4 Aug 22, 2023
libpoppler-qt5-1 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2 libpoppler-qt5-1 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2 Aug 22, 2023
libpoppler-qt5-1 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4 libpoppler-qt5-1 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4 Aug 22, 2023
libpoppler73 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2 libpoppler73 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2 Aug 22, 2023
libpoppler97 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4 libpoppler97 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4 Aug 22, 2023
poppler · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 20.09.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2020-23804 Aug 22, 2023
poppler · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 20.09.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2020-23804 Aug 22, 2023
poppler · Debian 14 20.09.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2020-23804 Aug 22, 2023
poppler-utils · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2 poppler-utils 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.14+esm2 Aug 22, 2023
poppler-utils · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4 poppler-utils 0.86.1-0ubuntu1.4 Aug 22, 2023

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